Heating system.



'E. E. GOLD. HEATING SYSTEM.

APPLICATION FILED NOV. 4, 1910.

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Patented June 13, 1911.

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E. E. GOLD. HEATING SYSTEM.

APPLICATIONPILED NOV. 4, 1910.

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HEATING SYSTEM.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented June 13, 1911.

Application filed. November 4, 1910. Serial No. 590,660.

has been used as a vessel, substantially inexpansible, and in which a pressure has been generated for transmission to a separate expansible vessel acting directly upon the valve to be controlled. For some cases it is important to simplify and cheapen the thermostatic mechanism. The present invention accomplishes these and other advantageous results by utilizing the coil as the expansible element of the thermostatic mechanism.

The accompanying drawings illustrate an embodiment of the invention.

Figure 1 is a diagrammatic view of a heat ing system with thermostatic control of the admission valve, showing a simple mode of transmitting the expansive movement of the thermostat to the valve. Fig. 2' is a horizontalsection of the lower part of the thermostat of Fig. 1. Fig. 3 is "partly an elevationand partly avertical section of the dis: charge end of the system with another style of transmission of the expansive movement applied to a discharge valve. Fig. 4 isa part of Fig. 3 in transverse vertical section. Fig. 5 is partly an elevation and partly a vertical section of another style of thermostatic coil. Fig. 6 is a perspective view of the lower part of an apparatus similar to Fig. 1, showing a simpler style of transmission. Figs. 7 and 8 are vertical sectional views, and, Fig. 9 a horizontal section of' another style.

The several thermostatic coils shown may be used in combination with any one of the motion-transmitting devices shown, and these maybe applied either to the admission or to the discharge valve of the heating system or to control the heating medium in any other way.

- Referringxto the embodiments ofthe invention illustrated, Fig. 1 shows a car heating system including a train-pipe A running under each car and extending the. length of the tram, and taking a supply of steam under pressure from the locomotive boiler.

From the train-pipe. A branches B convey the steam to radiators at opposite sidesof the car, only one radiator being shown. The. V

branch B connects with a vertical pipe C passing through the floor of the car, the posi tion of which is indicated in dotted lines at, D, and thence by a pipe E to theradiator F, inthe return pipe of which is an expan sion loop G from which the steam or water of' passing downward through the floor of the.

Steam is'admitted to the radiator through condensation passes to a vertical pipefH; Q:

an automatic admission valve K and a hand i valve L located within the car.

The coil J may be of the style shown in Figs. 2 and 3 comprising a tube filled with .a liquid, highly expansible and preferably vaporizable at the high temperatures to which it is submitted; or it may be a bimetalliccoil J as shown in B1 5 and made up of parallel strips or-pipes and N of metals having different co-etlicients of ex pansion, such for example, as steel and brass, the inner metal being the more expansible so as to tend to uncoil as the temperature is raised.

Various means may be provided for transmitting Y the movements of the expansible coil to the valve. In the construction shown in Fig. 6 the coil, J, consisting ofa number of convolutions, has its upper end fixed and its lower end free, and is directly connected at the lower end to a link 0 which in turn is connected to the end of the stem P of the automatic admission valve. In Fig. 1 there is shown a similar arrangement exce t for the substitution of a cam Z for the lmk O ofFig. 6. Such an arrangement is used in vapor systems. When steam, or a mixture of steam and water 'of condensation of the' determined temperature, is discharged through. the coil, the latter isexpanded and itsfree lower end turns sufiiciently to force the automatic valve K shut so as to cut oif the supply of steam. The atmosphere acting upon the outer surface of the 0011 then cools the. latter and permits the valve to reopen. The number of convolutions of the coil is such as to give a sufiiciently extended movement and to act with sufficient force upon the valve, the number of convolutions being dependent upon the material and design of the expansibleelement.

The construction of the thermostat is shown more in detailin Figs. 3 and 4:. The coil is mounted upon the outside of a cylin- Qdrical pipe orsupport Q, having openings R throughwhich the heat of the heating medium acts directly upon the inner surface J into a nipple S which is attached to the of the coil, the support Q being screwed lower end of the vertical discharge pipe H of the system. Outward flanges or rings on the support Q, hold the coil in place with sli ht freedom to permit the necessary unco' ing movement. For the devices of Figs. 3 and 4 a fixed ring T'supports the lower end of the coil, the latter having a bend U entering a notch inthe flange to prevent rotative movement; the upper end of the coil has a .bend X- fitting into a notch in a loose ring located upon the top of the coil and pro- -vided with a cam face Z. As the coil J is controlling devices and in various ways.

-mitted'to a rod or valve stem 12 which is guided vertically within the discharge pipe H and carries the discharge valve proper b at its upper end. The rod 6 carries at its lower end a cross-bar V projecting'through the pipe Q and having on its ends rollers WV which bear on the cam face Z. The crossshaft V passes through slots 22 in the discharge pipe, and these are covered by a slide 6 to substantially prevent loss of steam.

Instead of using a cam of the style shown in Fig. 3, producing a vertical movement,

a cam Z; (Figs. 1 and 2) may be used, the

outer face of which is spiral and bears against the end of a motion-transmitting rod it to produce the desired lateral motion; the

ec ipse cam Z being mounted and connected similarly to the cam Z of Fig. 8 but at the lower endof the coil. Or two or more different motion-transmitting devices may be operated simultaneously from the expansible'elements, such, for example, as a ring Y carrying both canis Z and Z.

Another simple scheme for transmitting the-coiling and uncoiling movement to the valve is shown in Fig. 7 in connection with an admission'valve indicated as a wholeby the letter K and in Fig. 8 in connection with a discharge valve indicated as a whole at :7.

The valve in each of these cases is mounted on a stem It which. screws through a fixedthreaded nut Z suitably located, and of sufficiently high pitch, so that by a partial rev-- olution of the stem is the valve body m is pressed against its seat, or is withdrawn from its seat a sufficient distance to give the desired clearance. The stem is is substantially in the center of the coil and has an arm m, Fig. 9, connected to the free end of the coil, so that as said free end rotates said shaft is turned to secure the desired movement of the valve.

hat I claim is l. A heating system having a valve controlling the flow of the heating medium, a

thermostatic coil having a 'movable end,

means for transmitting the movement of said end to said valve, and means for directing the discharged heating medium upon the inside of said coil, the outside of said coil being exposed to the surrounding atmosphere.

A steam heating system for cars, having a valve controlling the flow of steam, a thermostatic coil located outside of the car and having a movable end, means for transmitting the movement of said end to said valve, and means for directing the discharge.

from the system against the inner surface of the coil, the outer surface of the coil being exposed to the surrounding atmosphere.

In witness whereof, I have hereunto signed my name in the presence of two subscribing witnesses.

. EDWVARD E. GOLD.

Witnesses 5 HENRY M. TURK, F RED YVHITE. 

